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Mar. 23, 2014 | 11:40 AM (Last updated: March 23, 2014 | 08:09 PM)

French data show possible debris from jetliner

The Commanding Officer of the Australian Navy ship HMAS Success Captain Allison Norris RAN stands on the ship's bridge after it arrived in the search area for missing Malaysian Airlines flight MH370 in this picture released by the Australian Defence Force on March 23, 2014. REUTERS/Australian Defence Force

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France provided new satellite data Sunday showing possible debris from the missing malaysia Airlines jet, as searchers combing a remote part of the southern Indian Ocean tried without success to locate a pallet that could be a key clue in solving one of the world's biggest aviation mysteries.

A malaysian official involved in the search mission said the French data consisted of radar echoes captured Friday and converted into fuzzy images that located objects about 930 kilometers (575 miles) north of the spots where the objects in the images released by Australia and China were located.

One of the objects located was estimated to be about the same size as an object captured Tuesday by the Chinese satellite that appeared to be 22 meters (72 feet) by 13 meters (43 feet), said the official, who declined to be identified because he isn't authorized to speak to the media.

It was spotted Saturday by spotters in a search plane, but no images were captured of it and a military PC Orion military plane dispatched to locate the pallet could not find it.

An official with malaysia Airlines said Sunday night that the flight was carrying wooden pallets but provided no further details, including the number of pallets.

The military initially reported that the pallet came from the Air France flight, but backtracked hours later and said the plane had not been carrying any wooden pallets.